Negative Space (Issue 5)

Submissions are now open for Rollick’s Negative Space issue.

Rollick’s mandate is to attract cutting-edge, quality content that inspires real engagement. We will consider any pitch that expresses unique and original thought. Ideally, we want you to explore this theme through the prism of popular culture and your experience of society.

Stark contrasts. Black and white. Shapes and forms that are hidden, peripheral, other. Negative space can exist around and between the focal point of an image or an idea. Perhaps it is hidden beyond what your mind can imagine, or maybe it is camouflaged in plain sight. Reversal of emphasis. Hidden, yet always present. Negative space is all around us.

Contemporary literature, art, and commentary on popular culture and society. From us, to you.

After a somewhat long hiatus, we are pleased to announce that our next issue will be Begin Again. This issue is all about fresh starts and new beginnings. It's all about what happens after a failure, falter, or fall. It's about perseverence, and striving, and hope.

The Winners of Our Most Popular Post Award - Somewhere & Conversations

The Most Popular Post Award for our Somewhere issue goes to Debi Crouson for her piece 'One'. Resonating with a strong sense of place and atmosphere, 'One' uses a reflective style to take the reader on a journey through experience and memory, before ultimately resting in the land of dreams.

The Most Popular Post Award for our Conversations issue goes to Chloe Muñoz for her poem 'Empty Lines'. This highly evocative poem, delineates the moment in which the narrator receives an unwanted phone call. The absence of speech shows how silence in a conversation can result in revelation and catharsis.

Please join us in congratulating Debi and Chloe on their well deserved awards! We are so thrilled to have you represented in Rollick Magazine. Thank you for trusting us with your wonderful work!